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The Foundation of the Conservative Party, 1830-1867 (1978) Crowson, N. J. The Longman Companion to the Conservative Party Since 1830-2000 (2001) online; Shannon, Richard. The Age of Disraeli, 1868-1881: The Rise of Tory Democracy (1992) Ramsden, John. History of the Conservative Party: The Age of Balfour and Baldwin, 1902–1940 (1978) Ramsden ...
Portrait of James, Duke of York by Henri Gascar, 1673. As a political term, Tory was an insult (derived from the Middle Irish word tóraidhe, modern Irish tóraí, meaning "outlaw", "robber", from the Irish word tóir, meaning "pursuit" since outlaws were "pursued men") [9] [10] that entered English politics during the Exclusion Bill crisis of 1678–1681.
The Conservative Party is currently the primary opposition party in the United Kingdom. On the political spectrum the party has been described as right-wing [9] by various sources and as centre-right [10] by others, and encompasses various ideological factions including one-nation conservatives, Thatcherites, and traditionalist conservatives.
In 2010 the Conservative Party had about 177,000 members according to activist Tim Montgomerie, [277] and in 2013 membership was estimated by the party itself at 134,000. [278] The Conservative Party had a membership of 124,000 in March 2018. [279] In May 2019 its membership was thought to be around 160,000, with over half of its members being ...
Michael Gove has said he apologised “a long time ago” to Boris Johnson after the pair fell out when they ran for the leadership of the Tory party, as the first day of the party’s conference ...
Tory! is a 2006 BBC Television documentary series on the history of the people and ideas that formed Thatcherism told through the eyes of those on the New Right. It was nominated for the best Historical Documentary at the Grierson Awards in 2006.
A Tory (/ ˈ t ɔː r i /) is an individual who supports a political philosophy known as Toryism, based on a British version of traditionalist conservatism which upholds the established social order as it has evolved through the history of Great Britain.
Julian Knight has questioned if the Government’s plans to forge forward with the privatisation of Channel 4 are “revenge”, adding that many Tories believe the move is “payback time” for ...